St. Patrick's Day

I forgot to post these pictures of St. Patrick's Day.  Andrew was so cute.  Ms. June, his teacher, made him the little hat.  Love it!!!

Disney on Ice

Katie and I went to see the princesses on ice last week.  I got her all dressed up and told her we were going on a date.  She had no idea what we were doing and happily talked the entire time we were driving.  When we got to the parking lot I told her what the surprise was.  She was so cute and excited.  She even thought she would be ice skating with them.  We had fantastic seats.  She loved every minute of it, except maybe the Mulan part because she has never seen Mulan.  She was even more excited when she got nachos at intermission.  I wasn't quite willing to fork over $15 for a snow cone in a princess cup and nachos were her second choice.  I was so happy to spend some one on one time with her that didn't involve grocery shopping. 

So, I haven't posted in a really long time.  Frankly, there hasn't been much to post about.  One event I didn't post about was Eric's last orchestra concert.  The fourth and fifth graders from the entire school district performed together.  I think there were more than 650 students.  They did a fantastic job.  I absolutely love that Eric plays the violin.  He enjoys it so much.  I really hope he sticks with it all the way through school. 

We've been battling sickness around here lately.  Katie and Andrew were first to catch the bug, then lucky me and now lucky Charles.  The weird thing is that none of us have had the same sickness. 

The Pine Wood Derby is tomorrow.   I thought we had another month but was sadly mistaken.  We had to get started and Dean was working so I had the opportunity to cut the car out myself.  It's not easy to cut that little block of wood into something that looks like a car.  I did it though and it turned out just fine. 
Eric's been painting and getting it ready for Dean to put the wheels on it. 

Saturday we got seven gallons of paint for $35.00 at Home Depot.  It is high-end,  no VOC paint that usually sells for around $30.00  a gallon.  I love a good clearance sale. 

And finally, Disney on Ice  Princess Classic is coming to the World Arena on Friday night.  My sweet husband bought tickets for me and Katie.  She has no idea.  We're going to have so much fun getting dressed up pretty to go watch all of her favorite Disney characters.  I'm pretty excited. 

Roll over

I get to nurse Andrew when I am at work.  Somebody comes in my room to take over my class while I go nurse him.  I have a bad habit of comparing Andrew to the others when I am in there.  I watch all of the other babies rolling and crawling and sitting up.  I know most of them are one or two months (or more) older than him but I still keep thinking when is he going to roll over?  He comes so close.  Then all of a sudden it happened.
Last night I took Eric to Cub Scouts and while I was gone Dean texted me that Andrew rolled over.  I was so sad to have missed it.  Dean did get a picture right after it happened.  I haven't seen it happen yet but now I have something extra to look for when he's playing. 

Andrew 6 months old

Birthday Boy

Charles was the birthday boy yesterday.  Seven years old!!  I love to see my kids grow and change, I just wish it would slow down a bit.  He had been counting down to his birthday since Christmas.  Charles hasn't always loved birthdays as much as he does now.  On one of his birthdays he cried when we all sang Happy Birthday to him.  He's long outgrown that and loves being the birthday boy.  Friday night we went swimming with my brother Aaron's family and had pizza afterward with them and my mom and dad.  Saturday we had his official birthday party.  He wanted a bowling theme so I obliged and made the cake.  He could hardly wait for people to finish eating their lunch so he could move on to cake and ice cream, then presents and finally a trip to the bowling alley. 

I wish I had taken video footage of his bowling.  He was so cute.  He would run up and roll his ball.  A few times the ball fell out of his hand behind him.  He rolled a strike and was soooo excited I had to take a picture of the scoreboard.  It was a super fun birthday.  I just can't believe that he's seven. 

Congrats Eric

Eric's teacher nominated him for the National Elementary Honor Society and he was accepted.  The school held and induction ceremony for the students and their families.   We were definitely proud parents.  There were just a handful of students from each  of the fourth and fifth grade classes.  It really is an honor to be selected and we are so proud of Eric.  He has always given 100% on his school work.  His school is the first in the district to have a National Elementary Honor Society.  Keep up the good work Eric!

Andrew

This post is mostly for me.  I have been terrible at keeping baby books for my children.  Eric has one that maybe went as far as his first year and Charles and Katie just have baby calendars.  I put the little stickers on when they had a doctors appointment or when a new tooth came in or when they tried a new food and of course when they started sitting, crawling and walking.  Andrew, however, has not been so lucky to even get this.  I write down on the family calendar and blog about his milestones.    I was a month late getting him to his four month well baby visit so these are his five month old stats.  He weighs 16.3 pounds.  He is 25.3 inches long and his head circumference is 16.2 inches.  He eats rice cereal and sweet potatoes.  He does not sleep through the night.  He likes to make spit bubbles and take baths.